[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 26, Volume 13]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
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[CITE: 26CFR]

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                       TITLE 26--INTERNAL REVENUE
 
    CHAPTER I--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
                               (CONTINUED)
 
RELATED RULES--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1.1562-6  Election for short taxable years.

    (a) Application of election to short taxable years--(1) General. If 
the return of a corporation is for a short period which does not include 
a December 31, and if such corporation is a component member of a 
controlled group of corporations with respect to such short period, then 
an election under section 1562(a)(1) by such group shall apply with 
respect to such short period if:
    (i) Such election is in effect with respect to both the December 31, 
immediately preceding such short period (hereinafter in this section 
referred to as the ``preceding December 31'') and the December 31 
immediately succeeding such short period (hereinafter in this section 
referred to as the ``succeeding December 31''), or
    (ii) Such election is in effect with respect to either the preceding 
December 31 or the succeeding December 31, and each corporation which is 
a component member of such group with respect to a short period falling 
between such dates consents to the application of such election to such 
short period. See subparagraph (4) of this paragraph for rules relating 
to an election with respect to certain short taxable years ending during 
1964.
    (2) Component members. For purposes of this section, the 
determination of whether a corporation is a component member of a 
controlled group of corporations with respect to a short period shall be 
made by applying the definition of component member contained in section 
1563(b) and paragraph (b) of Sec.  1.1563-1 as if the last day of such 
short period were a December 31 occurring after December 31, 1963.
    (3) Example. The provisions of this paragraph may be illustrated by 
the following example:

    Example. On December 31, 1964, corporations P, S-1, and S-2 are 
component members of a parent-subsidiary controlled group of 
corporations. P, S-1, and S-2 each uses the calendar year as its taxable 
year. On February 1, 1965, S-1 transfers property to newly formed 
corporation S-3 (which begins business on that date) and receives all 
the stock of S-3 in return. S-3 adopts a fiscal year ending on November 
30 as its taxable year and, therefore, files a return for the short 
taxable year beginning on February 1, 1965, and ending on November 30, 
1965. On December 5, 1965, S-2 is liquidated, and therefore files a 
return for the short taxable year beginning on January 1, 1965, and 
ending on December 5, 1965. S-2 and S-3 are component members of the 
controlled group of corporations with respect to their short taxable 
years falling between December 31, 1964, and December 31, 1965, within 
the meaning of subparagraph (2) of this paragraph. Assume that the 
controlled group has an election under section 1562(a)(1) in effect with 
respect to either December 31, 1964, or December 31, 1965, but not both 
such dates. Under subparagraph (1)(ii) of this paragraph, S-2 and S-3 
must both file consents to the application of the section 1562(a)(1) 
election with respect to their short periods in order for the election 
to be effective with respect to either such short period.


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    (4) Election for certain short taxable years ending during 1964. If:
    (i) A corporation is a component member of a controlled group of 
corporations with respect to a short taxable year beginning and ending 
in 1964,
    (ii) Each corporation which was a component member of such group on 
December 31, 1963 (determined without regard to paragraph (b)(2)(iii) of 
Sec.  1.1563-1, relating to the treatment of a corporation which has a 
taxable year ending on December 31, 1963, as an excluded member of a 
controlled group on such date) filed its income tax return on the basis 
of the calendar year ending on such date, and
    (iii) Such controlled group of corporations is considered as going 
out of existence with respect to December 31, 1964, pursuant to 
paragraph (b)(4) of Sec.  1.1562-2,

then, for purposes of paragraph (a)(1) (ii) of this section, an election 
by such controlled group under section 1562(a) (1) shall be deemed to 
have been in effect for the preceding December 31. Each corporation 
which is a component member of such group with respect to a short period 
falling between such preceding and succeeding December 31's must, on or 
before November 3, 1965, consent to the application of such election to 
its short period falling between such December 31's.
    (b) Status at time of filing return. If, on the date a corporation 
files its income tax return for a short period falling between a 
preceding and succeeding December 31 (with respect to which period it is 
a component member of a controlled group of corporations):
    (1) Election not effective. An election under section 1562(a)(1) is 
not effective with respect to either such preceding or succeeding 
December 31, then such member shall determine its surtax exemption for 
purposes of such return in accordance with section 1561(b).
    (2) Election effective for preceding December 31. An election under 
section 1562(a)(1) is effective with respect to such preceding December 
31, and if on the date the return is filed the election has not been 
terminated with respect to such succeeding December 31, then such member 
may compute its tax for purposes of such return on the assumption that 
the conditions of paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section are satisfied with 
respect to such short period.
    (3) Election effective for preceding or succeeding December 31. An 
election under section 1562(a)(1) is effective with respect to either 
(but not both) such preceding or succeeding December 31, and the return 
is filed after such succeeding December 31, then the member's surtax 
exemption for purposes of such return shall be determined in accordance 
with section 1561(b) unless:
    (i) It attaches to such return its consent to the application of 
such election to such short period, and
    (ii) Each other corporation which is a component member of the group 
with respect to a short period falling between such December 31's files, 
within 30 days after such return is filed, a consent to the application 
of such election to its short period falling between such December 31's.
    (c) Election or termination after returns filed--(1) Election. If, 
after each component member of a controlled group with respect to a 
short period falling between a preceding and succeeding December 31 
files its return for such short period, the group makes an election 
under section 1562(a)(1) with respect to such succeeding December 31, 
then the election shall apply with respect to each such short period 
only if each such member files, within 30 days after such election is 
made, a consent to the application of such election to its short period.
    (2) Termination. If, after each component member of a controlled 
group with respect to a short period falling between a preceding and 
succeeding December 31 files its return for such short period, an 
election under section 1562(a)(1) which is effective with respect to 
such group with respect to such preceding December 31 is terminated with 
respect to such succeeding December 31, then such election shall apply 
with respect to each such short period only if each such member files, 
within 30 days after the termination occurs, a consent to the 
application of such election to its short period. For purposes of the 
preceding sentence, (i) the termination of an election by consent under 
section 1562(c)(1) shall be

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considered to occur on the date the termination is made, and (ii) the 
termination of an election under section 1562(c) (2), (3), or (4) shall 
be considered to occur on the date the event causing termination occurs 
(for example, on the date a new member files a refusal to consent, or on 
the date a consolidated return is filed) unless the election is made 
after such date, in which case the termination shall be considered to 
occur on the date the election is made.
    (d) Manner of consenting. A consent referred to in paragraph (b)(3) 
or (c) of this section shall be made by means of a statement, signed by 
any person who is duly authorized to act on behalf of the consenting 
corporation, stating that such corporation consents to the application 
of an election under section 1562(a)(1) with respect to its short 
period. Each such statement shall set forth the name, address, taxpayer 
account number, and taxable year of (1) each corporation which is a 
component member of the electing controlled group with respect to a 
short period falling between the preceding December 31 and the 
succeeding December 31, and (2) each corporation which is a component 
member of such group on either the preceding or succeeding December 31. 
Each consenting corporation shall file such statement with the district 
director with whom it files (or filed) its income tax return for the 
short period.

[T.D. 6845, 30 FR 9749, Aug. 5, 1965]